Bannerman awards Tony Abbott 10 out of 10 for persistence, but 2 out of 10 for common-sense and astuteness. Come on, Tony! Everyone knows your religiously-oriented, goodie-goodie agenda and you can’t hide it behind the terminology of ‘Government Policy’ . There just so happens to be a prime directive regarding politics and religion, in case you’ve not been made aware. It’s called the Separation of Church and State. No religious or religiously-oriented body should be in any way, shape or form be involved in or associated with any Government policy dealing with abortion counselling as a part of health and welfare. Any such involvement, no matter how oblique Government attempts to make it seem, is a breach of that democratic prime directive.